One positive to come out of this cold is I've cut out tea and coffee.
I am a self-confessed tea junkie. I love tea. And I mean really love tea. But like 10-12 cups a day love. I've been known to sit at my desk at work, giving spontaneous little speeches about the brilliance of tea while looking fondly at my mug.
That's a lot of tea.
And then there was the coffee - six, maybe seven cups a day.
The caffeine DTs have been masked by the cold symptoms. What's a thumping headache when you're dealing with perpetual sneezing and coughing like a consumptive that's been smoking 50 fags a day.
So here's hoping for better sleep and clearer skin. Hmmm... sense of optimism in tact then.
Right, out into the garden to empty some of those annuals' pots and wash them while the sun shines.
SeasideMan
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You had 16 cups of tea/coffee in a day!!!!!
Christ on a bike. Well done for reducing it, that level of consumption just got to be bad for you. Any history of insomnia?
Tom.